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Pleurosaurus

Reptilia - Pleurosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Anguisaurus Münster
1843Pleurosaurus Fitzinger p. 60
1845Pleurosaurus Meyer p. 280
1845Anguisaurus Meyer p. 283
1849Pleurosaurus d'Orbigny p. 206
1852Anguisaurus Quenstedt p. 119
1862Saurophidium Jourdan
1892Pleurosaurus Lortet p. 80
1903Anguisaurus Osborn p. 467
1903Pleurosaurus Osborn p. 467
1903Saurophidium Osborn p. 467
1963Pleurosaurus Cocude-Michel
1966Pleurosaurus Kuhn p. 39
1988Pleurosaurus Carroll
2002Pleurosaurus Sepkoski
2012Pleurosaurus Rauhut et al.
2018Pleurosaurus Herrera-Flores et al.
2019Pleurosaurus Hsiou et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
Sphenodontia()
infraorderEusphenodontia
Neosphenodontia
familyPleurosauridaeLydekker 1888
genusPleurosaurusMeyer

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pleurosaurus Meyer
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Pleurosaurus ginsburgi Fabre 1974
Pleurosaurus goldfussi von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Anguisaurus bipes Münster 1839 [synonym], Anguisaurus minor Wagner 1860 [synonym], Anguisaurus munsteri Wagner 1858 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anguisaurus Münster 1839 [synonym], Saurophidium Jourdan 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) P. goldfussi (92110)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France P. goldfussi (24426)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) P. goldfussi, P. ginsburgi (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Anguisaurus bipes (123906) P. goldfussi (102300 105797 106543 132062 144679 212953)